United Nations Security Council Resolution 1379

UN Security Council
Resolution 1379
UN Security Council ; Resolution 1379
	Child soldier in Vietnam
Date	20 November 2001
Meeting no.	4,423
Code	S/RES/1379 (Document)
Subject	Children and armed conflict
Voting summary	15 voted for; None voted against; None abstained;
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China ; France ; Russia ; United Kingdom ; United States ;
Non-permanent members	Bangladesh ; Colombia ; Ireland ; Jamaica ; Mali ; Mauritius ; Norway ; Singapore ; Tunisia ; Ukraine ;

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United Nations Security Council resolution 1379, adopted unanimously on 20 November 2001, after recalling resolutions 1261 (1999), 1265 (1999), 1296 (2000), 1306 (2000), 1308 (2000), 1314 (2000) and 1325 (2000), the Council considered provisions to protect children during peacekeeping operations and requested the Secretary-General to identify parties to conflict that used or recruited child soldiers.^[1]

Resolution

Observations

The Security Council recognised the impact of armed conflict on children and consequences on peace, security and development. It stated its commitment to address the impact of armed conflict on children and underlined the need for all concerned parties to comply with the provisions of the United Nations Charter and international law.

Acts

The council pledged to consider the protection of children in armed conflict when discussing matters with which the council was seized, and provisions for protecting children when considering the mandates of peacekeeping operations.^[3] It supported ongoing work by Secretary-General, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and others. The importance of unimpeded access for humanitarian organisations to areas of conflict, particularly for vulnerable groups, was stressed. It would also address the impact of sanctions on children. Furthermore, the council intended to consider connections between armed conflict and terrorism, the illegal trade in precious minerals, illicit arms trafficking, and other criminal activities.

All parties to armed conflict were called upon to:^[4]

(a) respect international instruments relating to children in armed conflict;

(b) protect and provide assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons;

(c) promote and protect the rights of girls in armed conflict;

(d) abide by commitments made to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict;

(e) provide protection for children in peace agreements.

All member states, the secretary-general, United Nations bodies and various international organisations were also asked to address the protection of children and child soldiers in areas of armed conflict.^[3] The Secretary-General Kofi Annan was requested to submit a report by 31 October 2002 on the implementation of the current resolution and to list parties involved in armed conflict that recruited children in violation of their international obligations; 23 parties were subsequently named.^[5]

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References

↑ "Security Council requests Secretary-General to list parties to armed conflict that recruit or use children". United Nations. 20 November 2001. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012.
↑ "Child soldier asks UN for help". BBC News. 20 November 2001.
1 2 Arts, Karin; Popovski, Vesselin (2006). International criminal accountability and the rights of children. Cambridge University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-90-6704-227-7.
↑ Dupuy, Kendra E.; Peters, Krijn; Beah, Ishmael (2009). War and Children: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-313-36208-8.
↑ Wessells, Michael G. (2006). Child soldiers: from violence to protection. Harvard University Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-674-02359-8.

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[1] "Security Council requests Secretary-General to list parties to armed conflict that recruit or use children". United Nations. 20 November 2001. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012.

[2] "Child soldier asks UN for help". BBC News. 20 November 2001.

[ak-3] 1 2 Arts, Karin; Popovski, Vesselin (2006). International criminal accountability and the rights of children. Cambridge University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-90-6704-227-7.

[4] Dupuy, Kendra E.; Peters, Krijn; Beah, Ishmael (2009). War and Children: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-313-36208-8.

[5] Wessells, Michael G. (2006). Child soldiers: from violence to protection. Harvard University Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-674-02359-8.

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